Maintain wood machinery and equipment

The standard covers the skills and knowledge required to maintain wood machinery and equipment.

It covers:

1. maintaining machinery
2. testing brakes
3. maintenance schedules

The standard is aimed at anyone working in the wood industry with the responsibility of maintaining wood machinery and equipment maintenance

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1. comply with relevant health and safety legislation and requirements at all times
2. follow methods of work and safe systems of work at all times following standard operating procedures
3. wear appropriate personal protective equipment at all times following standard operating procedures and safe systems of work
4. prepare wood machinery and equipment in accordance with service requirements following standard operating procedures and safe systems of work
5. maintain machinery and equipment in accordance with service requirements following standard operating procedures and safe systems of work
6. isolate machinery following standard operating procedures and safe systems of work
7. test braking systems following standard operating procedures and safe systems of work
8. maintain maintenance logs following standard operating procedures
9. identify machine principal parts and their functions following standard operating procedures and safe systems of work
10. identify safe working limits of machines following standard operating procedures and safe systems of work
11. identify defects and discrepancies following standard operating procedures and safe systems of work
12. identify influencing factors and their implications following standard operating procedures
13. identify correct lubricants to meet the maintenance requirements following standard operating procedures and safe systems of work
14. identify the techniques of risk assessment following standard operating procedures
15. recognise any difficulties with the process and correct them following standard operating procedures
16. report difficulties outside your control to the correct person following standard operating procedures
17. carry out your work to the required quality and output to meet production schedules and targets
18. record information on the process in the appropriate information systems

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1. relevant health and safety responsibilities and obligations
2. relevant health and safety procedures to be followed
3. safety requirements for machinery used
4. how to set up and change tooling to meet requirements
5. how to maintain machinery and hand ancillary equipment
6. how to isolate machinery
7. purpose of interlocks
8. braking speeds for the machinery
9. documentation and processing requirements
10. machine principal parts and their functions
11. safe working limits of machines
12. requirements of maintenance programmes
13. influencing factors and their implications
14. lubricants to meet the maintenance requirements
15. techniques of risk assessment
16. difficulties, defects and discrepancies that can occur with the process and how to correct them,
17. who to report difficulties outside your control to
18. information systems used
19. why it is important to use the information systems

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Machinery

1. sawing
2. planing
3. profiling
4. jointing
5. sanding
6. boring
7. CNC/NC

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31 Mar 2020

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Current

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Original

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Proskills

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PROHSW09

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Carpenter and Joiner, Construction Operatives, Furniture Makers and Other Craft Woodworkers, Health and Safety Managers, Paper and Wood Machine Operatives

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8121; 5442; 5315; 5319; 3567

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Machinery; isolation; interlocks; schedules; brakes; test; safety

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